Teens’ mall shopping motivations: Functions of loneliness and media usage

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-167

  Kim, Youn Kyung ^a   Kim, Eun Young ^b   Kang, Jikyeong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Mall shopping motivations; Media usage; Teens

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144490965     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X03032002004     Document Type: Article

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